The second phase of the UK government-backed 5G Create project – Video In Stadia Technical Architecture (Vista) – was unveiled at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday (15 September), showing footage from the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) being integrated into a 5G infrastructure to offer a high-quality in-stadium broadcast feed. Vista – which […] More
UEFA’s Maurice Tollenaar and both Marcus Beisiegel and Andreas Heyden from the German Football League (Deutsche Fußball Liga – DFL) will be among the speakers when the Sky Sport Summit 2021, in cooperation with SVG Europe, takes place on Monday 27 September in Munich. The invitation-only in-person event, sponsored by Panasonic, will see Tollenaar, who […] More
Trials of sports media innovations like augmented reality (AR), 8K and 5G have been delayed by the pandemic, but as crowds and crews get back to the stadiums, tests are starting up once more. The leader of the pack – in Europe at least – is BT Sport which has plans for all three technologies […] More
The MLB at Field of Dreams Game broadcast, produced by Fox Sports in collaboration with MLB, paid homage to the classic movie from Universal Pictures while also relaying the excitement of live sports. Watched by nearly six million viewers, the Fox Sports production team pulled out all the stops to create a unique experience for […] More
The pandemic may have caused the OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services) team to pause its efforts but it didn’t pause a focus on innovation as the Tokyo Olympics will long be remembered as the launching point of some major technological efforts. Top industry trends like UHD, HDR, spatial audio, cloud services, AI, and 5G will all […] More
By Ian Wagdin, BBC Research and Development senior technology transfer manager You cannot have failed to hear about the latest generation of mobile technologies labelled 5G. It has the potential to have a significant impact on all areas of our lives with promises of high speed, high quality, always-on connectivity. 5G also has the potential […] More
Technology from TVU Networks has been widely used in Portugal’s first football games broadcast using 5G technology. AV supplier Ibertelco connected Portuguese telco NOS with TVU Networks to supply video-over-IP delivery solutions at the country’s first 5G-enabled stadiums – Estádio da Luz and Estádio José Alvalade. NOS recently equipped both stadiums with a full 5G communications infrastructure. As part of an […] More
SVG Europe’s recent Audio Group discussion titled 5G Audio Production, which highlighted the challenges and provided an educational look into this upcoming technology, is now available on demand. The event, in which BBC Research and Development, BT Sport and Olympic Broadcast Services and more spoke about 5G uses in audio production, workflows, use cases and […] More
Bob Caniglia, director of sales operations for the Americas at Blackmagic Design discusses a range of new products, including the expanded ATEM lineup, Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro, evolving market dynamics and the role 5G could play in providing an extra layer of value to Blackmagic Design’s product line up. More
KymiRing, the largest motorsports and events venue in Northern Europe, is working with Edzcom, a European provider of edge connectivity solutions, to build an industrial-grade private wireless network based on Nokia’s 5G technologies. Nokia’s partnership with KymiRing will see industrial-grade private wireless technology being deployed on the 180-hectare site. The 5G network will bring reliable, secure, high bandwidth […] More
